divisive

Example Sentences

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As Robert Frost might have put it: Something there is that doesn’t love a statue of a divisive leader.

From Los Angeles Times

His decision to combine his Northern Ireland job with Blackburn Rovers was divisive among supporters and media, but he was adamant taking on the job would not impact the World Cup play-off.

From BBC

Although the country has formally returned to civilian rule, efforts to address past abuses have been slow and, at times, deeply divisive.

From BBC

Showboating can, though, be divisive, deemed disrespectful in the wrong circumstances - what those performing tricks see as a legitimate way to beat an opponent can sometimes lead to heavy treatment.

From BBC

This was a fossilized program taking on a divisive, peripatetic local who’d pledged his prior job was going to be his “last job.”

From The Wall Street Journal